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Offline WeatherWitness

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #300 on: December 30, 2010, 02:09:56 PM »
Quote from: tuez13 on December 30, 2010, 02:06:14 PM
Either way, I like the "old" flipbooks that are on the IS2 now instead of the cheezeballs on the IS and various maps used on TWC. :D

This is completely off topic (sorry), but I'm assuming the terms "flipbooks" and "icons" mean the same thing. :unsure: I've just never heard the term "flipbook" before until Mark used it.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #301 on: December 30, 2010, 02:18:00 PM »
Now I agree with you there, tuez13. I know they're just icons, but I have a little sentimental attachment to them because those were the ones that I saw when I began to watch TWC again. I think the new ones just look too cheap to be on the IS, but that's why there's the IS2. Except for Jim's narrations, I really like the job well done on the IS2.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #302 on: December 30, 2010, 02:42:05 PM »
Yeah, I agree with tuez13 as well, I like the old icons much better than the new ones currently on TWC's SD LF. The old ones just have the realistic feel to them, which I really like when weather icons look like that :) But I'm growing on the new ones as time goes by and I get used to them.

Quote from: WeatherWitness on December 30, 2010, 02:09:56 PM
This is completely off topic (sorry), but I'm assuming the terms "flipbooks" and "icons" mean the same thing. :unsure: I've just never heard the term "flipbook" before until Mark used it.
Flipbook's are basically single images of the icons combined together to make that animated effect of that one icon. Kinda hard to explain, I'm sure someone else on here can explain better than me.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #303 on: December 30, 2010, 03:24:31 PM »
Quote from: WeatherWitness on December 30, 2010, 02:09:56 PM
Quote from: tuez13 on December 30, 2010, 02:06:14 PM
Either way, I like the "old" flipbooks that are on the IS2 now instead of the cheezeballs on the IS and various maps used on TWC. :D

This is completely off topic (sorry), but I'm assuming the terms "flipbooks" and "icons" mean the same thing. :unsure: I've just never heard the term "flipbook" before until Mark used it.

Yep!  Sorry.  lol  I used to work on weather computers when I designed graphics for television and all the computers from Weather Central refer to the weather icons as flipbooks.  Some of the flipbooks are 30 images played in one second, some are 60 images played in two seconds (by default).  That's what gives the icon its motion i.e. rotating sun, falling rain, etc.  Your explanation, Robert, was quite right!  Just no apostrophe since they're not owning anything ;)  lol

I hope they keep the HD flipbooks the way they are until they design another set to replace the cheezeballs :D
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #304 on: December 30, 2010, 08:24:15 PM »
Quote from: tuez13 on December 30, 2010, 02:06:14 PM
Either way, I like the "old" flipbooks that are on the IS2 now instead of the cheezeballs on the IS and various maps used on TWC. :D
Agreed :yes:
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #305 on: December 30, 2010, 10:25:24 PM »
Does anyone know if the IS2 has launched in any Time Warner markets?
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #306 on: December 30, 2010, 11:03:04 PM »
Quote from: Steve-O on December 30, 2010, 10:25:24 PM
Does anyone know if the IS2 has launched in any Time Warner markets?

Steve-O, I was just going to ask that same question...
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #307 on: January 01, 2011, 02:02:06 AM »
A huge blizzard is moving through the area...enjoy some vids and pics!  Can you spot the bug/error?

Grand Forks IntelliStar 2 2010-12-31_19-11-03_767






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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #308 on: January 01, 2011, 02:20:04 AM »
I apologize if this is going off topic but ive managed to find the font as seen on the Star id and metro maps and identified it as Hanzel B) feel free to correct me though

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #309 on: January 01, 2011, 10:36:14 PM »
Quote from: tuez13 on January 01, 2011, 02:02:06 AM
A huge blizzard is moving through the area...enjoy some vids and pics!  Can you spot the bug/error?

Grand Forks IntelliStar 2 2010-12-31_19-11-03_767








Thanks for posting, but holy **** does that look cold. :brr: :brr:

Interesting how TWC has "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" as the day indicators on the Local Forecast. I'm pretty sure that was never the case on the regular IS. :no:
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #310 on: January 02, 2011, 12:25:31 AM »
It had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well. Is anybody with IS2 having problems with TWC HD going off air? It's done it twice in the past two weeks and takes a couple calls to Cox to get it back on.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #311 on: January 04, 2011, 07:01:01 PM »
Anyone else just getting the national HD feed? IS2 here in Topeka has been out for hours now.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #312 on: January 04, 2011, 10:06:34 PM »
Quote from: KevOwensby on January 04, 2011, 07:01:01 PM
Anyone else just getting the national HD feed? IS2 here in Topeka has been out for hours now.

Maybe they're making modifications to it?  It is still in beta testing, after all.
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #313 on: January 05, 2011, 12:52:47 AM »
Just wondering, which flavor has the non-text based LF?
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch
« Reply #314 on: January 05, 2011, 01:40:31 AM »
My IS2 is still up and running fine...of course I didn't see earlier today so I can't confirm whether it was a widespread outage or just your box.  I hope it comes back up, soon!
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